Carpet-fastening.



No. 813,845. I PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. G. W. VOBLKLE. CARPET FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2.1905.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2.1905.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE -W. VoELKLE,

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Oollinsville, in the county of Gray son and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carpet-fastenings, and has for its object to provide simple, durable, and eflicient fastening means for securing carpets, mattings, rugs, and other floorcoverings to a floor-surface, the construction of the fastening being such that it may be readily arranged to conform to the contour of a room and to securely hold the floor-covering without the use of tacks or other like fastenings.

The preferred embodiment of the inven tion is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view showing the application of the improved fastening for securing a floor-covering to the floor of a room or apartment. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the flooring on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking toward the washboard of one side wall of the compartment and the contiguous member of the fastening. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are views similar to Fig. 3, showing modified means for holding the fastening-strips in securing position. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section similar to Fig. 2, but on'an enlarged scale and showing one of the hinge connections of the illustrated fastening-strip; and Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents a series of fastening-strips composed of any suitable material and provided upon the under side thereof with downwardly projecting fastening pins or spurs 2, adapted to penetrate the carpet and fasten the same to the floor. These pins or spurs are arranged at any desired distance apart at or adjacent to the outer or free edge of each strip 1. The strips 1 may be made of any desired length or width, and it is contemplated in practice to provide strips of difl'erent lengths in order that the fastening as a whole may be arranged around the wallsurface of rooms or apartments varying in size and formation, so that the strips may be assembled to conform to irregularities produced by the different fixtures or furnishings commonly employedsuch as fireplaces, closets, and the like. In the present instance Specification of Letters Patent.

Laplioation filed June 2, 1905. Serial No. 263,450.

GEORGE W. VOELKLE, OF COLLINSVILLE, TEXAS.

i CARPET-FASTENING.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

I have shown the strips arranged along one side wall to suit the construction of a room having a flue-wall or fireplace.

Each fastening-strip 1 is hinged or pivoted at its inner edge to the floor (L or washboard a/ of the wall. In the present embodiment .each strip is shown as formed with a series of openings 3 to loosely engage a staple or arcuate hinge-pin 4, fixed at its ends in the floor and washboard, thus adapting said strip to swing in a'vertical plane to clamp or release the edge of the carpet or other floor-covering. By this construction the carpet after being stretched to the desired tension may be secured at its edges by simply swinging the strip 1 downward, so that the spurs 2 will pass through the carpet and enter the floorsurface to secure the carpet thereto.

In order to hold the strip 1 in securing po sition, holding devices 5 are provided, each of said holding devices comprising a stem or shank provided at its upper end with an eye 6, hinged or pivoted to the wall-base or washboard. and provided at its lower end with a right-angular clamping arm or member 7, adapted to project outwardly and over upon the strip. These holding devices 5 are thus pivotally mounted, so as to be swung parallel with the base or washboard upward out of engagement with the fastening-strip to per mit the latter to be raised, and to be swung downward to bring the clamping members 7 into engagement with said strip to hold the latter firmly in applied position. To release the edge of the carpet from the strip, it is simply necessary to swing'the holders 5 upward, whereupon the strip may be turned up on its hinges to disengage the spurs 2 from the carpet.

Instead of-employing the holding devices 5 I may use a series of holding devices of the construction shown in Fig. 4:, wherein a holding device 8, composed of a strip of spring metal bent to form a body portion 9 and a pressure-arm 10 is shown, the arm 9 being pivoted, as indicated at 11, to the base or washboard to adapt the holder 8 to swing into and out of engagement with the strip similar to the holder 5. This construction adapts the arm 10 to exert spring-pressure on the strip 1, as will be readily understood. I may also employ a holding device 12 of the form shown in Fig. 5, the same consisting of spring-wire having a coiled. body portion, the upper end of the wire being suitably secured to the base or washboard, while the lower ICC end thereof is arranged to form a locking arm or detent 13 adapted to bear upon or engage an opening in the fastening-strip. To release the arm 13 it is simply necessary to contract the coiled ortion of the device, whereupon the arm Wi 1 be withdrawn from engagement with the fastening-strip.

By the use of my invention a simple, convenient, reliable, and effective construction of fastening will be provided which may be inexpensively manufactured and applied at sma cost and which is adapted to securely hold the carpet without the use of tacks or other like fastenings and to be readily arranged to suit the contour or construction of the room. The fastening may be used as a permanent fixture to permit the fioor-covering to be applied and removed at will Without the objections incident to the use of ordinary fastenings.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is The combination with a floor and washboard, of curved pins fixed to the floor and washboard, a clamping-strip having openin s for the passage of the pins and pivotally mounted thereby upon the pins to swing between the floor and washboard, and holding devices pivoted to the washboardto swing in. a direction longitudinally of the strip and having right-an ularly-bent pressure-arms to engage and hol the strip in a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- GEORGE W. VOELKLE.

Witnesses:

GEo. ADAMs, W. R. CRAWFORD. 

